ABSTRACT
Cable television is wired communication to the home. Cable television (also called CATV, or community antenna television) was first developed in the late 1940s in communities unable to receive conventional broadcast television signals due to distance or geographic factors. Cable systems located their antennas in areas having poor reception, picked up broadcast signals, and then distributed them by means of coaxial cable to subscribers for a fee. The cities of Astoria, Oregon, and Lansford, Pennsylvania,1 are credited with having been the first two communities in the United States to offer CATV service to its residents.2
